Gallery: Zoos in the News

Alain Jocard, Getty Images07.17.2012

Sebastien Laurent (R), manager of the zoo, gives, mouth to mouth, a slice of cake to Major, the holdest captive Orang-Outang in the world, as part of its 50th birthday ceremony, on July 17, 2012, at the La Boissiere-du-Doree zoo near Nantes, western France.

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An African lion, the first passenger of a new flight that connects Italy with Nicaragua on its first direct link with Europe, is seen in his new dwellingat Managua's Zoo on July 13, 2012. The lion came as part of an exchange agreement between the Hauptstadt Zoo in Berlin and Nicaragua.Nicolas Garcia
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One of two white lions, newly arrived in Pakistan from Belgium, sits in a cage of the municipal zoo in Karachi on July 17, 2012. The city's municipality has bought a pair of Bengal Tigers and White Lions, which are being temporarily kept in the zoological garden, before they are shifted to the city's safari park to enhance public interest in nature.Asif Hassan
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A Bengal tiger, newly arrived in Pakistan from Belgium, roars inside a cage in the municipal zoo in Karachi on July 17, 2012. The city's municipality has bought a pair of Bengal Tigers and White Lions, which are being temporarily kept in the zoological garden, before they are shifted to the city's safari park to enhance public interest in nature.Asif Hassan
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A Pakistani official feeds chicken to a Bengal Tiger, newly arrived from Belgium, in the municipal zoo in Karachi on July 17, 2012. The city's municipality has bought a pair of Bengal Tigers and White Lions, which are being temporarily kept in the zoological garden, before they are shifted to the city's safari park to enhance public interest in nature.Asif Hassan
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Sebastien Laurent (R), manager of the zoo, gives a slice of cake to Major, the holdest captive Orang-Outang in the world, as part of its 50th birthday ceremony, on July 17, 2012, at the La Boissiere-du-Doree zoo near Nantes, western France.Alain Jocard
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Sebastien Laurent (R), manager of the zoo, gives a slice of cake to Major, the holdest captive Orang-Outang in the world, as part of its 50th birthday ceremony, on July 17, 2012, at the La Boissiere-du-Doree zoo near Nantes, western France.Alain Jocard
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Jumaane, a 4-month old male African baby white rhinos stays close to his mother, Shova in its enclosure at the Singapore Zoo on July 17, 2012. Singapore Zoo currently has eight of these majestic creatures in its collection, and with the most number of white rhinos bred in a single zoo in Southeast Asia. So far 13 baby white rhinos have been born here, with some have been sent to Indonesia, Australia, Thailand and South Korea as part of the Zoo’s ex-situ conservation efforts through its worldwide exchange programme .White rhinos are considered near threatened in the wild on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened species.Roslan Rhaman
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A zoo keeper feeds a banana to an adult African white rhinos in its enclosure at the Singapore Zoo on July 17, 2012. Singapore Zoo currently has eight of these majestic creatures in its collection, and with the most number of white rhinos bred in a single zoo in Southeast Asia. So far 13 baby white rhinos have been born here, with some have been sent to Indonesia, Australia, Thailand and South Korea as part of the Zoo’s ex-situ conservation efforts through its worldwide exchange programme .White rhinos are considered near threatened in the wild on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened species.Roslan Rhaman
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Jumaane, a four-month old African baby white rhino relaxes in its enclosure at the Singapore Zoo on July 17, 2012. Singapore Zoo currently has eight of these majestic creatures in its collection, and with the most number of white rhinos bred in a single zoo in Southeast Asia. So far 13 baby white rhinos have been born here, with some have been sent to Indonesia, Australia, Thailand and South Korea as part of the Zoo’s ex-situ conservation efforts through its worldwide exchange programme .White rhinos are considered near threatened in the wild on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened species.Roslan Rhaman
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An elephant named ''Horas'' swims at the zoo in Kiev, on July 14, 2012. The seven-year-old Asian elephant was brought to the zoo a month ago and was officially presented to the public today.GENYA SAVILOV
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An elephant named ''Horas'' sprays sand at the zoo in Kiev, on July 14, 2012. The seven-year-old Asian elephant was brought to the zoo a month ago and was officially presented to the public today.GENYA SAVILOV
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A white face monkey seen inside its cage at Managua's Zoo on July 13, 2012.Nicolas Garcia
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A line of turtles stand on a logk at Managua's Zoo on July 13, 2012.Nicolas Garcia
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An African lion, the first passenger of a new flight that connects Italy with Nicaragua on its first direct link with Europe, is seen in his new dwellingat Managua's Zoo on July 13, 2012. The lion came as part of an exchange agreement between the Hauptstadt Zoo in Berlin and Nicaragua.Nicolas Garcia
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An African lion, the first passenger of a new flight that connects Italy with Nicaragua on its first direct link with Europe, is seen in his new dwellingat Managua's Zoo on July 13, 2012. The lion came as part of an exchange agreement between the Hauptstadt Zoo in Berlin and Nicaragua.Nicolas Garcia
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Shar Pei dog Cleopatra breast-feeding one of the two adopted tiger cubs in the Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on June 29, 2012. The two cubs, named Clyopa and Plyusha, were born late last month in Sochi zoo and adopted by their new mum.AFP
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A baby tiger discovers with its outside enclosure at the zoo in Krefeld, western Germany, on June 25, 2012. The other tiger cubs hide under bushes.Roland Weihrauch
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Otter 'Ferret' discovers a bottle of 'Ramazzotti' and votes for Italy as it predicts the result of the upcoming EURO 2012 football match Italy vs Spain at the zoo in Aue, eastern Germany, on June 29, 2012.Hendrik Schmidt
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Jule, a baby Rothschild giraffe, runs in her enclosure at Tierpark Berlin zoo on June 29, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Jule was born at the zoo on June 10.Sean Gallup
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Jule, a baby Rothschild giraffe, runs in her enclosure at Tierpark Berlin zoo on June 29, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Jule was born at the zoo on June 10.Sean Gallup
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One week old lion cubs make their first public appearance at a zoo in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, on June 29, 2012.Danil Semeoyov
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One week old lion cubs make their first public appearance at a zoo in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, on June 29, 2012.Danil Semeoyov
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'Mr Munro' a Fiordland penguin paints his prints on a canvas at Taronga Zoo on June 27, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Taronga and Western Plains Zoo today pledged a a new elephant conservation project in Thailand and animals at Taronga made their pledge by dipping their feet and hands in paint and smudging them on canvas.Cameron Spencer
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A zoo keeper places one of Kimodo Dragon 'Tuka' feet onto a piece of paper with wet blue paint in order to make a print with it at Taronga Zoo on June 27, 2012. Over the past weeks keepers have been collecting the paw, hand, flipper and hoof-prints of some of the 4,000 animals at Taronga and Taronga Western Plains Zoos before the announcement, on June 27, of Taronga's commitment to an elephant protection project in Thailand's Kui Buri National Park.GREG WOOD
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A Great White Pelican cleans his coat at the zoo in Krefeld, western Germany, on June 25, 2012. The Great White Pelican is mostly found in Vietnam and South Africa.ROLAND WEIHRAUCH
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A baby tiger discovers with its outside enclosure at the zoo in Krefeld, western Germany, on June 25, 2012. The other tiger cubs hide under bushes.ROLAND WEIHRAUCH
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Polar bear Vicks jumps in the pool of its enclosure at the Blijdorp Zoo, in Rotterdam, on 15 June 2012.Getty Images
/ TOUSSAINT KLUITERS

In This file picture taken on November 4, 2006 in the 'Lola ya bonobo' parc near Kinshasa young bonobo's play together. Scientists said on June 13, 2012 that they have cracked the genetic code of the bonobo and found the ape had some DNA encryption more in common with humans than even its closest relative, the chimpanzee. The bonobo is the last of the so-called great apes to have its genome sequenced, after those of chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. The data, which scientists hope will help shed more light on the lineage of humans, was obtained from Ulindi, a female bonobo at Leipzig zoo.Getty Images
/ Issouf Sanogo

Tanda the rhinoceros and her four-hour-old baby are seen at the Ramat Gan Safari, an open-air zoo near Tel Aviv, on June 15, 2012.Getty Images
/ Jack Guez

A male Gorilla eats a cucumber in his enclosure at Berlin's Zoologischer Garten zoo June 14, 2012.Getty Images
/ John MacDougall

A keeper holds in his hands two Kiwi chicks at the zoo on June 19, 2012 in Berlin. Female chick Tea (L) hatched three weeks ago, her still nameless brother is two weeks old.Getty Images
/ Johannes Eisele

A female polar bear rests in the water in her enclosure at the zoo on June 19, 2012 in BerlinGetty Images
/ Johannes Eisele

An female elephant born on May 29, 2012, stands near her mother on June 18, 2012 at the Pont-Scorff zoo, western France. Weighing 70 kg, the young animal should gain a kilogramme each day during the first year, said Nicolas Chatelain, manager at the zoo.Getty Images
/ Fred Tanneau

Three pelicans stand at the edge of a pond in their enslosure at the zoo in the central German city of Frankfurt am Main on July 18, 2012.Getty Images
/ Christina Miawald

A Sumatran tiger is pictured in its enclosure on June 18, 2012 at the zoo in Frankfurt/M., western Germany. In the wild, the endangered species is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.Getty Images
/ Boris Roessler

Two Sumatran tigers are pictured in their enclosure on June 18, 2012 at the zoo in Frankfurt/M., western Germany. In the wild, the endangered species is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.Getty Images
/ Boris Roessler

A Bennett's (red-necked) wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus), born in captivity two months ago, is seen with its mother at the zoo in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, on June 15, 2012.Getty Images
/ Luis Robayo

Polar bear Vicks plays with a plastic bowl in its enclosure at the Blijdorp Zoo, in Rotterdam, on 15 June 2012.Getty Images
/ TOUSSAINT KLUITERS

Otter 'Ferret' votes for Germany as it predicts the result of the upcoming EURO 2012 football match Denmark vs Germany at the zoo in Aue, eastern Germany, on June 15, 2012. Germany faces Denmark in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 17, 2012 needing at least a point to be sure of reaching the Euro 2012 quarter-finals.Getty Images
/ Hendrick Schmidt

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